New Hampshire is first state to require doctors to sterilize patients who request it
New Hampshire has become the first state to require doctors and medical staff to sterilize patients who request it.
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New Hampshire has become the first state to require doctors and medical staff to sterilize patients who request it.
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On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization eliminated a nearly 50-year constitutional right to abortion and returned the authority to regulate abortion to the states.
Jun 23, 2025
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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with eight partner organizations, has released new comprehensive guidance to help health care facilities prevent the transmission of infections through ...
Apr 28, 2025
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Just over 300 people have been sickened in norovirus outbreaks on three different cruise ships in December, new government data shows.
Dec 20, 2024
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Adolescence and young adulthood is a time of identity formation, when young people figure out who they are and who they want to be. One of the ways they do this is by considering the world around them, paying attention to ...
Jun 17, 2024
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Sterilization rates abruptly spiked after the national right to an abortion was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2022, a study said Friday.
Apr 13, 2024
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More than 100 people have fallen ill with stomach problems on a months-long world cruise that recently stopped in Fort Lauderdale.
Feb 5, 2024
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A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control demonstrates that viral particles spread to many restroom surfaces during toilet flushing, regardless of whether the toilet lid is up or down. In this ...
Jan 25, 2024
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New York is requiring state health officials to develop an outreach program to educate parents and doctors about the harmful impacts of medically unnecessary treatments performed on young children born intersex.
Nov 9, 2023
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A new Montana law will provide sweeping legal protections to health care practitioners who refuse to prescribe marijuana or participate in procedures and treatments such as abortion, medically assisted death, gender-affirming ...
Aug 8, 2023
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